Link List and Search Engines

[GeorgeTH]

Originally posted by plateman
And as far as submitting to SE - I quit doing it a good while ago they will find it and infact some say its better to have them find you..

Mid last year I actually paid a service (I think it was Ineedhits - can't remember anymore) to have both my main sites submitted - and my se traffic trippled afterwards!

And for a while (a good 4 months) one of these sites held a First Page Result for "free porn" on Google (varied a little over the months: from #4 down to #12 position, until I had to stop updating)...

Also last year I took my heart and complained to Google about people spamming my site name with completely un-related sites (from warez sites to pop-up hells), and ever since I enjoy at least #1 and #2 spots for my site/domain name (where I used to be before on page 3-5 of the results!)

In closing: I actually believe it's worth the effort to submit and keep on good terms with SEs.

Since I'm at it: did anybody else notice increased traffic from AltaVista?
My TGP galleries get suddenly almost 1/3 of their SE hits from AltaVista ~ not that I'm complaining....